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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      52,195</td>
<td class="r data">      31,121</td>
<td class="r data">    59.6</td>
<td class="r data">      34,245</td>
<td class="r data">      22,071</td>
<td class="r data">    64.5</td>
<td class="r data">      17,950</td>
<td class="r data">       9,050</td>
<td class="r data">    50.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      60,172</td>
<td class="r data">      36,780</td>
<td class="r data">    61.1</td>
<td class="r data">      39,605</td>
<td class="r data">      26,165</td>
<td class="r data">    66.1</td>
<td class="r data">      20,567</td>
<td class="r data">      10,615</td>
<td class="r data">    51.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      66,007</td>
<td class="r data">      39,338</td>
<td class="r data">    59.6</td>
<td class="r data">      43,103</td>
<td class="r data">      27,982</td>
<td class="r data">    64.9</td>
<td class="r data">      22,904</td>
<td class="r data">      11,356</td>
<td class="r data">    49.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      67,288</td>
<td class="r data">      39,211</td>
<td class="r data">    58.3</td>
<td class="r data">      43,218</td>
<td class="r data">      27,505</td>
<td class="r data">    63.6</td>
<td class="r data">      24,070</td>
<td class="r data">      11,706</td>
<td class="r data">    48.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      68,288</td>
<td class="r data">      39,807</td>
<td class="r data">    58.3</td>
<td class="r data">      44,128</td>
<td class="r data">      28,166</td>
<td class="r data">    63.8</td>
<td class="r data">      24,160</td>
<td class="r data">      11,641</td>
<td class="r data">    48.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      67,704</td>
<td class="r data">      38,154</td>
<td class="r data">    56.4</td>
<td class="r data">      44,211</td>
<td class="r data">      27,295</td>
<td class="r data">    61.7</td>
<td class="r data">      23,493</td>
<td class="r data">      10,859</td>
<td class="r data">    46.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      67,491</td>
<td class="r data">      37,260</td>
<td class="r data">    55.2</td>
<td class="r data">      44,781</td>
<td class="r data">      27,134</td>
<td class="r data">    60.6</td>
<td class="r data">      22,710</td>
<td class="r data">      10,126</td>
<td class="r data">    44.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      63,326</td>
<td class="r data">      34,780</td>
<td class="r data">    54.9</td>
<td class="r data">      42,393</td>
<td class="r data">      25,382</td>
<td class="r data">    59.9</td>
<td class="r data">      20,933</td>
<td class="r data">       9,398</td>
<td class="r data">    44.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      60,687</td>
<td class="r data">      32,980</td>
<td class="r data">    54.3</td>
<td class="r data">      40,689</td>
<td class="r data">      24,249</td>
<td class="r data">    59.6</td>
<td class="r data">      19,998</td>
<td class="r data">       8,731</td>
<td class="r data">    43.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      55,843</td>
<td class="r data">      30,261</td>
<td class="r data">    54.2</td>
<td class="r data">      37,102</td>
<td class="r data">      21,969</td>
<td class="r data">    59.2</td>
<td class="r data">      18,741</td>
<td class="r data">       8,292</td>
<td class="r data">    44.2</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      48,127</td>
<td class="r data">      28,081</td>
<td class="r data">    58.3</td>
<td class="r data">      31,315</td>
<td class="r data">      19,626</td>
<td class="r data">    62.7</td>
<td class="r data">      16,812</td>
<td class="r data">       8,455</td>
<td class="r data">    50.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      56,083</td>
<td class="r data">      33,783</td>
<td class="r data">    60.2</td>
<td class="r data">      36,713</td>
<td class="r data">      23,785</td>
<td class="r data">    64.8</td>
<td class="r data">      19,370</td>
<td class="r data">       9,998</td>
<td class="r data">    51.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      61,496</td>
<td class="r data">      36,121</td>
<td class="r data">    58.7</td>
<td class="r data">      39,914</td>
<td class="r data">      25,407</td>
<td class="r data">    63.7</td>
<td class="r data">      21,582</td>
<td class="r data">      10,714</td>
<td class="r data">    49.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      62,906</td>
<td class="r data">      35,955</td>
<td class="r data">    57.2</td>
<td class="r data">      40,094</td>
<td class="r data">      24,894</td>
<td class="r data">    62.1</td>
<td class="r data">      22,812</td>
<td class="r data">      11,061</td>
<td class="r data">    48.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      63,610</td>
<td class="r data">      36,319</td>
<td class="r data">    57.1</td>
<td class="r data">      40,646</td>
<td class="r data">      25,243</td>
<td class="r data">    62.1</td>
<td class="r data">      22,964</td>
<td class="r data">      11,076</td>
<td class="r data">    48.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      62,969</td>
<td class="r data">      34,707</td>
<td class="r data">    55.1</td>
<td class="r data">      40,714</td>
<td class="r data">      24,432</td>
<td class="r data">    60.0</td>
<td class="r data">      22,255</td>
<td class="r data">      10,275</td>
<td class="r data">    46.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      62,712</td>
<td class="r data">      33,707</td>
<td class="r data">    53.7</td>
<td class="r data">      41,183</td>
<td class="r data">      24,149</td>
<td class="r data">    58.6</td>
<td class="r data">      21,529</td>
<td class="r data">       9,558</td>
<td class="r data">    44.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      58,588</td>
<td class="r data">      31,207</td>
<td class="r data">    53.3</td>
<td class="r data">      38,783</td>
<td class="r data">      22,321</td>
<td class="r data">    57.6</td>
<td class="r data">      19,805</td>
<td class="r data">       8,886</td>
<td class="r data">    44.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      56,153</td>
<td class="r data">      29,544</td>
<td class="r data">    52.6</td>
<td class="r data">      37,180</td>
<td class="r data">      21,309</td>
<td class="r data">    57.3</td>
<td class="r data">      18,973</td>
<td class="r data">       8,235</td>
<td class="r data">    43.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      51,631</td>
<td class="r data">      27,043</td>
<td class="r data">    52.4</td>
<td class="r data">      33,868</td>
<td class="r data">      19,230</td>
<td class="r data">    56.8</td>
<td class="r data">      17,763</td>
<td class="r data">       7,813</td>
<td class="r data">    44.0</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       3,949</td>
<td class="r data">       2,973</td>
<td class="r data">    75.3</td>
<td class="r data">       2,839</td>
<td class="r data">       2,385</td>
<td class="r data">    84.0</td>
<td class="r data">       1,110</td>
<td class="r data">         588</td>
<td class="r data">    53.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">       3,975</td>
<td class="r data">       2,945</td>
<td class="r data">    74.1</td>
<td class="r data">       2,817</td>
<td class="r data">       2,338</td>
<td class="r data">    83.0</td>
<td class="r data">       1,158</td>
<td class="r data">         607</td>
<td class="r data">    52.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">       4,343</td>
<td class="r data">       3,136</td>
<td class="r data">    72.2</td>
<td class="r data">       3,077</td>
<td class="r data">       2,502</td>
<td class="r data">    81.3</td>
<td class="r data">       1,266</td>
<td class="r data">         634</td>
<td class="r data">    50.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">       4,239</td>
<td class="r data">       3,178</td>
<td class="r data">    75.0</td>
<td class="r data">       3,018</td>
<td class="r data">       2,539</td>
<td class="r data">    84.1</td>
<td class="r data">       1,221</td>
<td class="r data">         639</td>
<td class="r data">    52.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">       4,421</td>
<td class="r data">       3,301</td>
<td class="r data">    74.7</td>
<td class="r data">       3,264</td>
<td class="r data">       2,739</td>
<td class="r data">    83.9</td>
<td class="r data">       1,157</td>
<td class="r data">         562</td>
<td class="r data">    48.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">       4,472</td>
<td class="r data">       3,240</td>
<td class="r data">    72.5</td>
<td class="r data">       3,262</td>
<td class="r data">       2,660</td>
<td class="r data">    81.5</td>
<td class="r data">       1,210</td>
<td class="r data">         580</td>
<td class="r data">    47.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">       4,462</td>
<td class="r data">       3,311</td>
<td class="r data">    74.2</td>
<td class="r data">       3,315</td>
<td class="r data">       2,749</td>
<td class="r data">    82.9</td>
<td class="r data">       1,147</td>
<td class="r data">         562</td>
<td class="r data">    49.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">       4,383</td>
<td class="r data">       3,278</td>
<td class="r data">    74.8</td>
<td class="r data">       3,287</td>
<td class="r data">       2,773</td>
<td class="r data">    84.4</td>
<td class="r data">       1,096</td>
<td class="r data">         505</td>
<td class="r data">    46.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       4,263</td>
<td class="r data">       3,228</td>
<td class="r data">    75.7</td>
<td class="r data">       3,269</td>
<td class="r data">       2,740</td>
<td class="r data">    83.8</td>
<td class="r data">         994</td>
<td class="r data">         488</td>
<td class="r data">    49.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">       3,940</td>
<td class="r data">       3,003</td>
<td class="r data">    76.2</td>
<td class="r data">       2,984</td>
<td class="r data">       2,528</td>
<td class="r data">    84.7</td>
<td class="r data">         956</td>
<td class="r data">         475</td>
<td class="r data">    49.7</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">          67</td>
<td class="r data">    56.3</td>
<td class="r data">          91</td>
<td class="r data">          60</td>
<td class="r data">    65.9</td>
<td class="r data">          28</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         114</td>
<td class="r data">          52</td>
<td class="r data">    45.6</td>
<td class="r data">          75</td>
<td class="r data">          42</td>
<td class="r data">    56.0</td>
<td class="r data">          39</td>
<td class="r data">          10</td>
<td class="r data">    25.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         168</td>
<td class="r data">          81</td>
<td class="r data">    48.2</td>
<td class="r data">         112</td>
<td class="r data">          73</td>
<td class="r data">    65.2</td>
<td class="r data">          56</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         143</td>
<td class="r data">          78</td>
<td class="r data">    54.5</td>
<td class="r data">         106</td>
<td class="r data">          72</td>
<td class="r data">    67.9</td>
<td class="r data">          37</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    16.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         257</td>
<td class="r data">         187</td>
<td class="r data">    72.8</td>
<td class="r data">         218</td>
<td class="r data">         184</td>
<td class="r data">    84.4</td>
<td class="r data">          39</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">     7.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         263</td>
<td class="r data">         207</td>
<td class="r data">    78.7</td>
<td class="r data">         235</td>
<td class="r data">         203</td>
<td class="r data">    86.4</td>
<td class="r data">          28</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    14.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         317</td>
<td class="r data">         242</td>
<td class="r data">    76.3</td>
<td class="r data">         283</td>
<td class="r data">         236</td>
<td class="r data">    83.4</td>
<td class="r data">          34</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    17.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         355</td>
<td class="r data">         295</td>
<td class="r data">    83.1</td>
<td class="r data">         323</td>
<td class="r data">         288</td>
<td class="r data">    89.2</td>
<td class="r data">          32</td>
<td class="r data">           7</td>
<td class="r data">    21.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         271</td>
<td class="r data">         208</td>
<td class="r data">    76.8</td>
<td class="r data">         240</td>
<td class="r data">         200</td>
<td class="r data">    83.3</td>
<td class="r data">          31</td>
<td class="r data">           8</td>
<td class="r data">    25.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         272</td>
<td class="r data">         215</td>
<td class="r data">    79.0</td>
<td class="r data">         250</td>
<td class="r data">         211</td>
<td class="r data">    84.4</td>
<td class="r data">          22</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    18.2</td>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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